Dominic Coschino Publishes Column on Wayne County Jail Litigation in Free Press Flashback

Dominic Coschino, a research associate with the Carceral State Project, published “Cockrel, Ravitz and Inmates Take on the Wayne County Jail” in the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 16, 2022. The “Free Press Flashback” column revisits the landmark 1970s lawsuit against inhumane jail conditions and the exploitative cash bail system, based on Coschino’s DCC investigative report “We Live 24/7 in Hell.”

By Matthew D Lassiter

Professor of History, University of Michigan